National Partnership Agreement: commissioning of health services for prisoners

The National Partnership Agreement is an over-arching agreement between the Secretary of State for Health and the Home Secretary for and on behalf of Her Majesty’s Prison Service. It is intended to underpin and complement the local partnership arrangements between NHS Primary Care Trusts and public sector prisons within the Prison Service. This is an updated version of the National Partnership Agreement issued in 2003. This document is intended to cover accountability and commissioning for health services for prisoners from April 2006, when transfer of commissioning responsibility for services from HMPS to NHS. Primary Care Trusts will be complete. It is intended that this document will be regularly reviewed and revised as appropriate.

(Published 15/01/07, 18 pages)